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1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement. 1910 – The two-day Slocum massacre commences in Texas, a race riot in which more than 100 African Americans are murdered. [5]
July 17, 1981: 114 killed in Hyatt Regency Hotel collapse in Kansas City July 29, 1981: Prince Charles marries Diana Spencer in British royal wedding July 16, 1981: Mahathir Mohamad becomes the Prime Minister of Malaysia July 27, 1981: Microsoft buys the secret to its success
The wedding of Prince Charles (later King Charles III) and Lady Diana Spencer took place on Wednesday, 29 July 1981, [1] at St Paul's Cathedral in London, United Kingdom. The groom was the heir apparent to the British throne, and the bride was a member of the Spencer family. The ceremony was a traditional Church of England wedding service.
Dubbed 'the wedding of the century,' Diana married Prince Charles in St. Paul's Cathedral on July 29, 1981. She was 20; he was 32. Diana was the first British citizen to marry an heir to the ...
28 July – Margaret Thatcher blames IRA leaders for the recent IRA hunger striker deaths. 29 July – The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer takes place at St Paul's Cathedral. More than 30 million viewers watch the wedding on television – the second highest television audience of all time in Britain. [40]
1981 Handsworth riots in Birmingham begin, followed by further 1981 England riots in several urban areas including Liverpool and Leeds. July 16–21 – England become the first team this century to win a cricket Test match after the follow-on when they beat Australia by 18 runs at Headingley cricket ground, Leeds, England. July 17
July 1 – George Voskovec, Czech-American actor (b. 1905) July 3 – Ross Martin, actor (b. 1920) July 10 – Ken Rex McElroy, murder victim (b. 1934) July 16 – Harry Chapin, singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and activist (b. 1942) July 27 Adam Walsh, murder victim and son of John Walsh (b. 1974) William Wyler, film director (b. 1902) July ...
March 29 – The first London Marathon starts, with 7,500 runners. April 11 – 1981 Brixton riot: Rioters in south London, UK, throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops. May 22 – Serial killer Peter Sutcliffe is found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 counts of murder and 7 of attempted murder in England.